Related Stories: Humanitarian Appeals

As Syria’s war heads towards a fifth year, the UN and its humanitarian partners today launched a major new appeal for more than US$8.4 billion to help nearly 18 million people in 2015.
The appeal includes two main elements: support for over 12 million displaced and conflict-affected people inside Syria, and support...

Today marks 1 year since conflict broke out in South Sudan. An estimated 1.9 million people have been displaced from their homes, more than half of whom are children. 1.4 million people are displaced inside the country and almost 500,000 have fled to neighbouring countries.
This gallery provides a timeline of the crisis....

The UN and its humanitarian partners have launched an appeal for US$16.4 billion to help at least 57.5 million people affected by crises in 22 countries in 2015.
“Over 80 percent of those we intend to help are in countries mired in conflict where brutality and violence have had a devastating impact on their lives,...

Rahila Boukari, a 26-year-old mother of three, had barely enough money to take her youngest daughter, Chafaatou, to the intensive nutrition centre in Guidan-Roumji, south-central Niger.
By the time they arrived at the centre, Chafaatou was extremely ill. She was suffering from protein-energy deficiency—a deadly...

Late and erratic rainfall has left thousands of families in the Gambia facing the prospect of lean months ahead.
In many villages along the Gambia’s Central River region, families rely on agriculture and fishing for income and food. But crops are withering in the fields, and the lack of rain means that fish have...